Bedclothes-clamp



(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ORRIN R. HAIGHT, OF OSAGE, IOVA.

BEDCLOTH ES-CLAM P.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. L126,011, dated April 22, 1890.

Application filed October 29, 1889. Serial No. 328,605.` (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORRIN R. IIAIGHT, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Osage, in the county of Mitchell and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Bedclothes-Clamp, of which the following is a speciiication.

My obj ect is to prevent the care and anxiety incident to colds and sickness resulting from children lying uncovered while asleep, and to provide means for securely fastening covers over them, so that they cannot displace them by the movements of their bodies.

My invention consists in an adjustable clothes-claspin g device adapted to be attached to a bed and operated, as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of a bed or childs crib showing my invention applied as required for practical use. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side view of the device, from which a part is broken away to disclose a ratchet and pawl. Fig. 3 is an edge lview of the complete device. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a metal loop adapted to connect the device with a bed by means of an elastic strap.

A is the body and main portion of the device in the form of a straight metal bar that has an integral loop B at one end and is bifurcated at the other end and adapted to produce, in combination with another part, a

ringe-joint.

C is a metal clasp curved at one end and fitted into the biturcated end and socket of the piece A, and pivoted thereto by means of a screw or rivet d. The extremity of the curved end is a segment provided with ratchetteeth.

g is a pawl pivoted in a slot formed in the edge or back of the piece A in. such a manner that it will engage the teeth. on the end of the piece C, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The free end of the pawl is adapted in form to be engaged by a persons thumb, to be pressed downward. for the purpose of disengaging the other end from the ratchet-teeth, as required, to allow the piece or clasp C to be adjusted.

71 is a coiled spring placed between the pawl and the part A in such a manner that it will in its normal condition keep the pawl engaged with the ratchet-teeth and the clasp rigidly locked thereby to the part A.

The inside face of the clasp C is preferably conv cx, and its free end terminates in a thumbrest in such a manner that when a persons fingers clasp the partA the thumb can be pressed upon the free end of the part C to inclose and compress and fasten parts of bedclothes placed between the two pieces A and C, so that when pressure upon the pawl is relaxed the complete device `will be securely fastened to such bed-covering.

.l represents a iiexible strap, preferably elastic webbing, fixed to the loop B by stitching or in any suitable way.

To apply the invention to a bed, l fix two or more of the metal loops K (shown in Fig. 4) to the inside of each rail of the bed or crib and attach the ends of the straps .l thereto, as illustrated in Fig. l, in such a manner that the quilts, blankets, or other covering thereon can be readily clasped and securely held, as required, to prevent the person underneath from accidentally getting uncovered.

I claim as my invention- 1. A device for holding beclclotlies,co11sist ing of a metal bar having an integral loop at one-end and a flexible strap attached to said loop, a curve at the other end of the bar, and a clasp having a ratchet-face on its end hinged to the curved end of the bar, and a springactuated pawl attached to the bar to engage lthe ratchet on the end of the clasp, to operate in the manner set forth.

2. The bedclothes-clamp composed of the bar A, having a loop B at one end, a clasp C, hinged to its other end, a ratchet-face on the hinged end of the clasp, and a pawl g and spring 7l, attached to the bar, and a iiexible strap J, attached to the loop B, in combination with a loop K, fixed to a bedstead, substantially as shown and described, to be applied and operated in the manner set forth,for the purposes stated.

ORRIN R. IIAIGHT.

Witnesses:

HORACE II. HAIGHT, F. W. ANNts. 

